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title: Which condition enabled the fragments of the glass to lodge in the e… — Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition enabled the fragments of the glass to lodge in the eyes of persons? Exam question 2 of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts…

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Which condition enabled the fragments of the glass to lodge in the eyes of persons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** enable, lodge · **To what, where:** fragments, eyes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/978-pg27200-part189/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e2:1
# text = Which condition enabled the fragments of the glass to lodge in the eyes of persons?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enabled	enable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	lodge	lodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | past | which condition | the fragments of the glass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lodge** | to-infinitive | which condition *not said here* |  |  | the eyes of persons |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in eye=Location |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the eye was touched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e2:o1:1
# text = the eye was touched
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past · passive |  | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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contact with the eye as they flew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e2:o2:1
# text = contact with the eye as they flew
1	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | contact with the eye |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the fragments struck while they drifted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e2:o3:1
# text = the fragments struck while they drifted
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the fragments |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drift** | past | fragments *= fragment* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the wind blew them into the face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e2:o4:1
# text = the wind blew them into the face
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | the wind | them *= they* |  | the face |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into face=Product |

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